Cartridge-clip.



PATBNTED AUG. 30, 1904.

' L. 1?. Bauer CARTRIDGE CLIP. APPLICATIOII FILED JULY 28, 1902.

50 MODEL.

No. 768,8Q2.

Eatented Augu t 30, 1904.

UNITED STATES PATENT UriricE-Y LUCIPL' F. BRUCE, SPRINGFIELD. \IASQACHUS)TTS.

v CARTRIDGE-OLIF'..

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 768,842, dated August30, 1904.

' Application filed Ju aii, 1902. Serial No. 117,267. on am To all whom,it may concern,-

Be it ltnown that l. LUc-rnx F. Bacon. :1 citizen ot' the United Statesof America. and a resident ot'Springtield. in the county of l lampdcnand Stateof Massachusetts, have invented certain new and u efulllm'irorcnicnts in Cartr dge-Clips, of which-the following is a full,clear. and exa t de cription.

This inrenthnrreiates to clips for the r tent-ion of a pluralityofcartridges. baring f-ir its obit-ct to hold the series of cartridgesappropriate to ln-in; in erted into the magazine of a military riilc ofthe classan 'example of which is the \nrll-l nown Mauser arm, th: cliphaving the apability of securely holding. the cartridges at their heads,so that there will he no liability of any accidental displacement, andyet permitting most readily and easily as the clip and the cartridgestherewith engaged are brought into proximity to the socket at the rearof the opening in the frame of the tirearm leading to the magazine thecartridges to be by pressure at the top-forced down into the magazine,such pressure or forcing action causing the lower obstructing part ofthe clip to assume a non-obstructing position. In the presentImprovement the cartridge-clip does not depend upon the cooperation withany part thereof for its cartridge-diseu'gaging action of any portion ofthe frame of the firearm, although the presentclip is designed andconstructed with external bosses, so that when it enters the socket inthe frame of the arm atthe rear of the opening through the magazine itwill be held by said bosses against any downward pressure on orrelatively to the clip.

The invention consists in the clip having parts of construction and incombination and arrangement, all substantially as hereinafter fullydescribed, and set forth in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1shows the clip in central longitu dinal section with a charge of fivecartridges engaged therein and therewith. Fig. 2 shows the clip with thecartridge-retaining springstrip forced" into the cartridge-disengagingposition and indicating the manner of the discharge from the clip'ofthe'cartridgcs. Fig. 3 is a central longitudinal sectional view of theclip empty. Fig. 4 is an nner face view-of the clip having thespring-stripforminga part thereoi in the position corresponding to thatof Fig 2. Fig. 5 is aperspective view, on a somewhat larger scale.showing the body of the clip. Fig. 6 is a perspective View showing thepeculiarly-constructed spring-strip which is adapted to h engaged and tocoact with t ie clip-bod y. Fig. 7 is a cross-sectional \"icw f theclip, taken on the line 7 Fig. Z. a grooved head of a cartridge beingshown 01' ordinary form as in engagement therein.

Similar characters of reference indicate corres onding parts in all ofthe views,

in the drawings the clip is shown as corn- "..ng wo separately-formedthin metallic part" -nzunely.thc clip-body A and the springstrip B,which is titted and engaged therein and adapted to have a limiteddegree. of longitudinal movement relatively thereto, it being alsopossible to so disengage the spring part B from the body that the saidspring part way be entirely removed therefrom.

The clip-body A is composed of sheet metal of trough form having withinits opposite wall, the parallel longitudinal grooves 11 a, formedbetween the inwardly-projecting ribs 7) 7' and the base of theclip-body. the grooves or shoulders adjacent the heads of the cartrdgesengaging the clip in a common manner. .The base or back of the cliphas the long, struck-up rib or embossing c, the ends of which arelodated within the ends of the clipbody, and between the ends of saidstruck-up rib c and the clip-body are the short bosses (11/, which arealso preferably formed by striking up or displacing the thin metal fromthe back forwardly. The clip-body has at its sides, suitably distancedfrom both its ends, the outwardly-protruding ribs or bosses to serve asshoulders when the clip is placed into thesocket in the firearm-framefor the seating of the clip, as very common; The springdcvice B, isclearly shownin Fig. 6, is constructed of a fiat parallel-edged strip ofspring-steel, which normally is bowed and has its ends 'rearwardlyturned, as at g, and sharply return bent or 'fOlWtH'dl) turned, asindicated at /1. and this part B has tongues "I 1', constituted by theintegral internal por tions thereof prodnced by the slits and theapertures at the ends of the tongues in-the' strip prodiwed by thestamping out of the tongues and within the ends of the springstrip. ascleanly shown in the drawings, leaving the stock at the portionscomprising the returnbends gand I: unsever'cd or integral. hen the clipis produced and the parts assembled in the position shown in 1, thecentral forwardly-bowed portion j of the clip is'under a degree ofspring reaction and bearing against the middle portions of the lo ngiudinal rzhs I, b of the clip-body, and the rearwardl'y-turned portionsr engage the outer edges of the, bosses (Z 1], so that the springremains in this position until displacemcntby an inte gently-applied endwise force.

It is to he understood that if the spring part B is to be forcedendwiseas, for instance, as shown in Fig, 2--so that-thepa rt at theupper end rides over the upper -end boss (I and assnmes a positionbetween such boss and 'the end of the long rib c, the other end portionof the spring being passed out of. disengagement with the'adjacentendportion of the clip-body ill by reason of its tendency to spring in therearwarddirection assume such a position that the forward edge of theportion it is so far back of the plane of the inner or rear-v wardsurface of the longitudinal ribs I) 7) that there is ample space for theinsertion into the clip or the disengagement from the clip of thecartridge-hemls without interference by the limiting part 11. the springportion thereof is in the relative position of Fig. 2, and when the fullnumber of cartridges have been put into the clip they are forcedcndwise, so that by the abutment with the stop at the other end of thespring the spring is caused to be snapped into-tho relative positionshown in' Fig. l. and it is to be especially taken intoacconnt thatat-the time of the presence of the cartridges in engagement in the clipthe spring-tongues are forced by the ends of the cartridgesapproximately into the plane with the main portion of the spring aboutparallel with the back of theclip-bmly, so that the binding etfect ofthe main portion of the spring, of which features g and It are portions,is strongly increased, rendering more certain the retention of thecartridges in the clip against any accidental displacement.

Now assuming that the cartridge pack wherein the parts engage andholdthe car tridges against displacement, as shown in Fig. '1, is brought toposition in. the usiial way in g the socket and opening in the frame of'the firearm adjacent the magazine, the clip being limited againstcndwise motion, a downward pressure applied in the direction of thearrow, Fl". 1, by the thumb against the cartridges will causc,'throughthemediuni of the latter, the spring part B to move downwardly endwiseuntil the part g hascome'to the position shown in Fig. 2, to which it byits natural The clip may be tilled while the purposes set forth.

tendency immediately springs, and now course no impediment remains tothe fut't'il: of all of the cartridges by the tllllHIb-iH'Osslll downinto the magazine, they in their passa; therei-nto successively becomingdisengage by their rim-grooves or rim 'lianges, as the ca:

'may be. from the clip.

The clip and its spring device is made in a respects so that one endthereof is the connte part of the other and so that it is immateri: asto whether the clip is loaded from the 01 end or the other or whethereither end brought to position in rela'tion'to the mag:

zine-opening.

Having thus described ay invention, wh: I claim, and desire to secure byLetters la ent, is--- I l. A cartridge-clip consisting of a tronglshaped body having the inturncd ribs 6 1', pm

duci'ng between them and the back bf thehod the opposite grooves alongand within its Sit walls, and a separate spring-strip, having widthgreater than the distance between H inner approaching edges of said ribsand ha, ing normally a bowed form whereby its cel tralforwardly-protuberant portion cngagi against and within said ribs, saidstrip havin spring-tongues extending from its middle p0 tion e'ndwi'sewith a forward inclination, an having its ends provided with a forwardlyextending lip It normally adapted for a ma ward reaction relatively tothe interm'ediai portion of the strip, and the said body an of thestrip, the end portions of the strip con prising said bends rhavingaspring reactio rearwardly relatively to the intermediate po, tionthereof, substantially as described and It 3. A cartridge-clipconsisting of a trougl shaped body having inturned ribs, producinbetween them andthe back of the body oppt site grooves along its sidewalls; and a sep:

rate siiring strip sliding in said grooves a-n having 'a form bowed awayfrom the clip-bod wl-icrcby its middle portion engages again:

"the ribs.thc strip having its ends provide with a forwardly-extendinglip arranged 1 react rearwardly upon the movement of ti strip.

4. A cartridge-clip consisting of a Sltli grooved trough-shaped holderhaving near it ends bosses d, ,and the intermediate boss: and thespring-strip having atits end portioi the rearward bends y and the bends[gcxtcm ing forwardly, the strip being bowed outwar lly to thereby causethe end. portions to have a rearward pring reaction npon the 6. Acartridge-clip consisting of a troughshapetl side-grooved holder; and aspring-strip having at its end portions :1 forwardly-extending bend,ant. also having one or more 5 forwardly-inclining tongues arranged toforce the ends of the strip rearward upon the movement of the strip inthe holder.

Signed by me. at Springfield, B'Iassachusetts,

LUCIEN F. BRUCE.

\Vitnesses:

\VM. 8. BELLows, MARGARET N. BRUCE.

in the presence of two sn bsoribing witnesses.

